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How to Say ‘Go to hell!’ in German

Fahr zur Hölle!

fahr tsoor HUR-leh

[fahr tsoor HUR-leh]

💬 Usage Tip: zur is short for zu der, used because it's die Hölle. With masculine and neuter words you get zum instead, as in zum Teufel "to the devil".

Phrase Breakdown

Fahr

[fahr]

go / drive

Imperative of 'fahren', to travel or drive.

Example

Fahr langsam!

Drive slowly!

zur

[tsoor]

to the

Contraction of 'zu der', used before feminine nouns.

Example

Ich gehe zur Schule.

I go to school.

Hölle

[HUR-leh]

hell

Feminine noun for the place of damnation; common in curses.

Example

Die Arbeit war die Hölle.

The work was hell.

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